cowasaki
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Took my mum round to my grand dad's house yesterday after my grand daughter came round to see me (there is a photo in there somewhere ). Anyway whilst at my parent's house my dad nips out and pops this tatty camera bag on the coffee table.
"Is this worth anything" he asks.
I look in the bag......(its like christmas)....
1 mechanical light meter........ (no idea how to use it!)
1 zoom lens......... (no idea what it is or even its range but it looks in good condition)
1 Pentacon 50mm f1.8 prime lens........ (no lens cap)
1 Praktica MTL5B camera appears to be in reasonable condition.
1 remote
1 manual
1 PrACTIKA 1600A flash with manual
3 35mm colour films
1 seriously cheapo tripod
I explain that I have absolutely no idea what its worth but tell them that Cameron (my son) is doing A level photography next year and so could probably do with a film camera too. So they said that he could have it for Christmas.
What is it worth?
Has anybody used one before?
The metering system seems very cumbersome ie set ISO for the film, set aperture, press button on front and look through view finder at needle, if it is not in the right place between the marks change the shutter speed or aperture and repeat till it is..... Or have I got this wrong?
I could do with learning how to use the light meter too but I will ask about that later
"Is this worth anything" he asks.
I look in the bag......(its like christmas)....
1 mechanical light meter........ (no idea how to use it!)
1 zoom lens......... (no idea what it is or even its range but it looks in good condition)
1 Pentacon 50mm f1.8 prime lens........ (no lens cap)
1 Praktica MTL5B camera appears to be in reasonable condition.
1 remote
1 manual
1 PrACTIKA 1600A flash with manual
3 35mm colour films
1 seriously cheapo tripod
I explain that I have absolutely no idea what its worth but tell them that Cameron (my son) is doing A level photography next year and so could probably do with a film camera too. So they said that he could have it for Christmas.
What is it worth?
Has anybody used one before?
The metering system seems very cumbersome ie set ISO for the film, set aperture, press button on front and look through view finder at needle, if it is not in the right place between the marks change the shutter speed or aperture and repeat till it is..... Or have I got this wrong?
I could do with learning how to use the light meter too but I will ask about that later